Are these nut crackers?

[Salty (Karl) Cardiff Scan Club]

In the docs absence, any one got any idea how old these may be, i think they may be nut crackers.
though it may just be me that's crackers





Cheers
salty

[Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan )]

yeah,  sure looks like Karl,  well done,  proberbly 19th / 20th centuray that style,

[Salty (Karl) Cardiff Scan Club]

Cheers Alan, I found those two bits about 7ft apart, so i was quite lucky there. I was hoping they'd have been a bit older, But its the first ones i've found so i cant moan

[the sutt]

hi karl, they are not knutcrackers we all thought they were, but they are sugar nippers but a very nice find well done

[Salty (Karl) Cardiff Scan Club]

sugar nippers that sound more painful than nut crackers Thanks for that,
I assume this is what posh people picked up sugar lumps with?

Sorry scrap that question, i just googled , fascinating, i now understand why sugar loaf mounting is named that!
Cheers
Salty

[Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan )]

Thanks Stu,  sugar tongs came to mind first, then i looked and noticed there wasn't a bowel or flat end in them  to grip the sugar  so i went for crackers,,  but even  a lot of them either got a flat end or bowel shape on them   gets confusing hey,

[handyman [Alan}]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sugarpacketchad/sets/72157606408075615/

or

http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/7024225

for a few pics of sugar nippers .. to give u an idea.

[falcon.]

Hi karl i found one myself if u look on the inside bottom handle there be a number which mine is stamped 3 so im asumming there are different sizes also i have a picture in a mag which states that its a nut cracker and its victorian I confused cos if it was a sugar nippers u would have to use both hands

[nfl]

you ae all crackers

[Salty (Karl) Cardiff Scan Club]

Hi karl i found one myself if u look on the inside bottom handle there be a number which mine is stamped 3 so im asumming there are different sizes also i have a picture in a mag which states that its a nut cracker and its victorian I confused cos if it was a sugar nippers u would have to use both hands

Hi, I've had a good look, i cant find any numbers, but I've found an almost identical pair, albeit in silver, they were indeed nutcrackers.?

[mickycoin "mick"]

hi "karl" out of interest, what metal are they made of  ?? nice find  mickycoin  mick

[crashland]

I found these last year in Peterston-Super-Ely. One of the DW lads (sorry, I forget who) told me they were sugar crackers. They did seem a bit small for nutcrackers. Nice find though, well done.

[Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan )]

Mick,  they are usually made of Brass.
now this is the type i usually Know as nutrackers crashland,  late 1800s

[Salty (Karl) Cardiff Scan Club]

Hi Mick, They appear to be made of Brass or Bronze, there either cast or forged.
Its a shame there broken as i think they were in one piece when they were lost, it looks like the plough has had them.

Salty

[ROMAN STEVE]

The sutt put a pair of these on a few mths ago
as nutcrackers and was told by hedgehog that
they were sugar nippers people used them as
nutcrackers thats why you get so many broken